Act III, Scene 1
25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars?
They are going to explain that they are actually actors and humans and that they are just acting.
26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?
One of the actors is going to be holding a lamp and open a window so the moonlight can come in.
27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?
He has a donkey head instead of his usual head.
28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?
He's going to make them follow him through the forest and get lost.
29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies?
He is very grateful for her servants and agrees to stay with her.
30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play?
Nothing makes logical sense. For example, there should be no such flower with the power to make anyone fall in love with anyone else.
Act III, Scene 2
31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?
Killing Lysander.
32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?
They are going to squeeze the flower's juice in Lysander's eyes.
33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?
She thinks that he is playing a prank on her.
34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?
That she's in on the prank too.
35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?
They were very close.
36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?
Lysander says that he despises her, and she won't believe him because he used to love her a lot.
37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?
She doesn't trust her after all that they've been through.
38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?
Hermia threatened her of poking her eyes out.
39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?
Duke it out.
40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?
Separate them
41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania?
Ask her again about the little boy, and make her fall back in love with him.
42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?
He has more power than Puck does because he is a king.
43. How well does Puck’s trickery work?
Very well. It separates them.
Review Question: The climax, or turning point, of A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes at the end of Act 3. In point form describe the major plot points of Act Three starting from when Titania falls in love with Bottom leading to the climax or turning point of the play near the end of act three.
-actors rehearse -Titania falls in love with Bottom because he's the first person she sees when she woke up - Hermia wakes up to find that Lysander is gone -The four of them find each other, and Hermia discovers that Lysander's love for her has turned into love for Helena -Oberon and Puck are watching, and Oberon tells Puck to make things better by separating them and putting love juice into Lysander's eyes.
25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars?
They are going to explain that they are actually actors and humans and that they are just acting.
26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?
One of the actors is going to be holding a lamp and open a window so the moonlight can come in.
27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?
He has a donkey head instead of his usual head.
28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?
He's going to make them follow him through the forest and get lost.
29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies?
He is very grateful for her servants and agrees to stay with her.
30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play?
Nothing makes logical sense. For example, there should be no such flower with the power to make anyone fall in love with anyone else.
Act III, Scene 2
31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?
Killing Lysander.
32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?
They are going to squeeze the flower's juice in Lysander's eyes.
33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?
She thinks that he is playing a prank on her.
34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?
That she's in on the prank too.
35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?
They were very close.
36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?
Lysander says that he despises her, and she won't believe him because he used to love her a lot.
37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?
She doesn't trust her after all that they've been through.
38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?
Hermia threatened her of poking her eyes out.
39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?
Duke it out.
40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?
Separate them
41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania?
Ask her again about the little boy, and make her fall back in love with him.
42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?
He has more power than Puck does because he is a king.
43. How well does Puck’s trickery work?
Very well. It separates them.
Review Question: The climax, or turning point, of A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes at the end of Act 3. In point form describe the major plot points of Act Three starting from when Titania falls in love with Bottom leading to the climax or turning point of the play near the end of act three.
-actors rehearse-Titania falls in love with Bottom because he's the first person she sees when she woke up
- Hermia wakes up to find that Lysander is gone
-The four of them find each other, and Hermia discovers that Lysander's love for her has turned into love for Helena
-Oberon and Puck are watching, and Oberon tells Puck to make things better by separating them and putting love juice into Lysander's eyes.